Offshore outsourcing: A dynamic, operation mode perspective

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-222

  Benito, Gabriel R G ^a   Dovgan, Olesya ^b   Petersen, Bent ^c   Welch, Lawrence S ^d  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b SimCorp A/S   (Denmark)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Foreign operation mode dynamics; Offshoring; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875371201     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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